Apologetics

Discipleship

How good a Christian are you?

What makes us good Christians? Think about it. In the eyes of our non-Christian friends, relatives and colleagues, is it our be-kind-to-all, no-swear-words conduct? Is it the Christian jargon we...

Apologetics

Passion Week: Tell me, why did Jesus have to die?

“We have a hope, a dream and a target for the kind of person we would like to be – the kind of husband, wife, mother, brother or sister that we would like to be. But we just miss the mark.”...

Apologetics

How do we know the resurrection really happened?

Jesus disciples’ claimed that he rose from the dead and appeared to them. The evidence we have for this is overwhelming. First, we’ve got Paul who claimed to be an eyewitness to the risen...

Apologetics

The false conflict between science and faith: An astrophysicist examines Genesis

Atheists and sceptics perceive Genesis as the Bible’s greatest embarrassment, the Achilles’ heel of the Christian faith. They think that science contradicts Genesis, which is the...

Discipleship

Learning about election: How can we be sure?

For the longest time, I’ve avoided thinking too hard about the inconvenient or uncomfortable aspects of the faith. With “predestination” for instance, I simply packed it up in a box...

Culture

A Christian activist’s take on thinking critically and wrestling with faith

Abortion. Intersectionality. Environmental conservation. Gender equality. These days, I don’t have to look very far for my beliefs to be thrown into crisis. Reading the news, scrolling through...

Faith

A life for a life: You are now free

“What will happen if I cause someone’s death on the road?” The new driver thought to herself. She came up with this list in a split second: Jail time, a criminal record, guilt and regret....

Apologetics

The God who thirsts

After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the Scripture), “I thirst.” (John 19:28) How could Jesus – the source of abundant and unending living waters – thirst?...

Apologetics

The house I don’t dare step into

God sent His one and only son, Jesus, to die on the Cross for all our sins. None of us could ever do anything to deserve such a gesture from Him. But God demonstrated His love ever so extravagantly....